generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-and-returns-mcp
name: AfterShip Tracking & Returns MCP Server
description: AfterShip publishes an anonymous, no-auth remote MCP server for real-time package tracking and a Returns
  Center demo, plus two OAuth-gated remote MCP servers (Post-purchase and Channels) documented on the AfterShip
  docs site.
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://mcp.aftership.com/tracking/public
  auth: none
  verified: probed
  transport: Streamable HTTP
  protocol_version: '2025-03-26'
  note: 'Endpoint is published verbatim in AfterShip''s own GitHub README and SKILL.md. Probed 2026-08-27: POST
    initialize returned HTTP 429 "API rate limit exceeded" (meta.source: gateway, ratelimit-limit 100000, ratelimit-remaining
    0, retry-after 31090), so tools/list could not be introspected in this pass. The endpoint is live and routing
    — a 429 from the AfterShip gateway is a rate-limit answer from the real server, not a miss. Tool names, descriptions
    and parameters below are transcribed from AfterShip''s published README and SKILL.md; JSON Schema types were
    not read from a live tools/list response.'
servers:
- name: tracking-and-returns (public)
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://mcp.aftership.com/tracking/public
  auth: none
  verified: probed
  status: published
  docs: https://github.com/AfterShip/tracking-and-returns-mcp
  fair_use: Free for personal, non-commercial, interactive use. Automated scripts, bulk lookups and high-volume
    integrations are explicitly not permitted.
  read_only: true
- name: AfterShip Post-purchase MCP
  mode: remote
  endpoint: null
  auth: oauth
  verified: searched
  status: published
  docs: https://www.aftership.com/docs/post-purchase-mcp/overview
  install_local_name: aftership-post-purchase
  note: Installed with `claude mcp add` then `claude mcp login aftership-post-purchase`; authentication is an AfterShip
    OAuth flow scoped to an organization. The exact endpoint URL is rendered client-side in the docs code block
    and was NOT readable in this pass — it is deliberately left null rather than guessed. The docs name list_shipments,
    get_shipment and list_returns as example tools.
  tools_named_in_docs:
  - list_shipments
  - get_shipment
  - list_returns
- name: AfterShip Channels MCP
  mode: remote
  endpoint: null
  auth: oauth
  verified: searched
  status: published
  docs: https://www.aftership.com/docs/channels-mcp/overview
  install_local_name: aftership-channels
  note: Same OAuth install pattern. Endpoint URL not readable from the server-rendered docs HTML; not guessed. Docs
    describe it as helping merchants expand into new sales channels and operate stores with cross-channel data (e.g.
    "Check my AfterShip onboarding status").
oauth:
  protected_resource_metadata: https://mcp.aftership.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
  authorization_server: https://accounts.aftership.com/auth/realms/business
  bearer_methods_supported:
  - header
  probed_status: 200
tools:
- name: track_shipment
  server: tracking-and-returns (public)
  method: searched
  description: Tracks any shipment in real time across 1,200+ carriers worldwide; carrier is auto-detected.
  parameters:
  - name: tracking_number
    type: string
    required: true
    description: The tracking number from the shipping confirmation.
  - name: carrier_slug
    type: string
    required: false
    description: Carrier name or slug (e.g. UPS, FedEx, royal-mail). Auto-detected if omitted.
  read_only: true
  fallback: https://www.aftership.com/track/{tracking_number}
- name: get_returns_demo
  server: tracking-and-returns (public)
  method: searched
  description: Generates a live interactive demo of AfterShip Returns Center for a merchant store domain.
  parameters:
  - name: store_url
    type: string
    required: true
    description: The merchant's store domain (e.g. nike.com, example.myshopify.com).
  read_only: true
  fallback: https://www.aftership.com/tools/product-demo/returns/{domain}
clients_documented:
- Claude.ai
- Claude Code
- Claude Desktop
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
- Codex
privacy: AfterShip states the public server returns no PII (no recipient names, addresses, phone numbers or payment
  details) and is read-only.